Margaret (name)

Margaret
Given Name
Gender Female
Meaning "pearl"
Origin Greek
Related names Maggie, Madge, Marge, Meg, Megan, Rita, Daisy, Greta, Gretchen, and Peggy.
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Margaret is a female first name. The name derives from the Greek μαργαρίτης, a pearl, in the feminine, and μάργαρος, the mother-of-pearl. Other classic Indo-European language cognates for the word pearl include the Persian, Morvarid, and the Sanskrit, mandjari.

Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular throughout the Middle Ages. It became less popular between the 16th century and 18th century, but became more common again after this period, becoming the second most popular name in the United States in 1903. Since this time, it has become less common, but is still the thirteenth most common name for women of all ages in the United States as of the 1990 census.

It has a large number of diminutive forms in many different languages, including Maggie, Madge, Marge, Meg, Megan, Rita, Daisy, Greta, Gretchen, Magee, Marg, Margie and Peggy.

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Variant forms

Alternate forms of Margaret, including short forms and pet names, includes:

People called Margaret

This is a list of famous people with the first name Margaret:

Artists and Authors

Educators and Scholars

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Other notable uses of this name

Royal figures

Belgium and the Netherlands (the Low Countries)

Denmark

England

France

German

Hungary

Norway

Romania

Scotland

Sweden

Religious Figures

Several Saints Margaret exist:

also:

Places

Shakespearean characters

Name Margaret in other languages

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